The accused was charged under Section 205 of the Penal Code for destroying the statutes in the temple and is also charged under Section 6(1) of the Corrosive Substance and Offensive Weapon Act 1958.

The matter was heard on 4 August 2016, 5 August 2016, 12 August 2016 , 7 September 2016 and 8 September 2016 respectively . The matter came up for decision today and the Judge delivered the decision stating that a prima facie case has been made out and the accused is to enter his defence.

However the Dr accused stated that he chooses to remain silent and will not not testify to the charges. .

The defence case has been fixed on 17 October 2016 and 18 October 2016. Defence Counsel Tun Ammar has stated that there will be three witnesses to be called and out of which one witness is a psychiatrist.